paqaste'g : launch / cause to fall into water, river or lake / knock into water / hit into water

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she launches it

Gloss: launch

Gloss: cause to fall into water, river or lake

Gloss: knock into water

Gloss: hit into water

Text: Pe'l paqaste'map ntul gesgmnaq niwetestnug.

Translation: I'm going to launch my boat before the tide goes out.

Recording: Joe Wilmot

Pronunciation guide: ba·hgas·teeg

Alternate grammatical form:

paqaste'm — I launch it — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

paqaste'meg — We launch it — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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